Title: Farewell
Author: Chibsters (ChibiMercury)
Rating: PG-13
Disclaim: Thanks Naoko, I claim no ownership to SM!
The Darkness.... pure darkness.... it engulfed her....
she wasn't aware of anything else.... just the darkness.... over taking
her.... as if she had no choice.... no choice... just darkness......almost
comforting.... .relief..... careless... freedom forever... in darkness...
without emotions... she quietly left.... and was gone..... her heart stopped
quietly forever but she smiled..... going somewhere better, where.....
skies.... were blue and happiness.... was everywhere good... beauty....
"**beep** it," he screamed in frusteration, why wouldn't she respond
to his
calls? It was as if she was -- "No, it's not that... you're just
sleeping....
baby... Wake UP!!!" Sweat hung in dirty clumps to his neck, moistening his
hair, his face was red from the battle, the surprise.. His heart rang in
loud
protest, banging on his chest, not believing the truth, leaving him
breathless
in strange emotions he couldn't know.
And yet there was still no reply to his calls, and he tipped his
head back in
agony; how could she die on him? But no, she wasn't dead... She was never
dead... So how could she leave him? It wasn't right; it shouldn't be that
way... but she wasn't dead... she was still alive; he wouldn't ever let her
die. Never, ever. They would all live on... together.... forever. She was
his own, he couldn't go without her... He burrowed his greif stricken head
into her stomache, crying now, tears of sorrow, he was breathless, but now
he
preferred it that way. His tears mixed with her blood, her blood smeared
upon
him, he wouldn't let her go... never... The tears fell softly against the
white body suit, the ribbons and laces hid his face. The tears mixed with
the
sweat, the red mixed with the ribbons, and yet he didn't notice... almost
refused to notice. He was strong too, and strong men didn't cry.... so why
was he weeping into his own's stomache?
He struggled to stop the tears, he needed to be strong... She wouldn't want
him to act this way.. She would tell him to go on... in peace. There would
be another chance to create.... but no one like her ever. Ever. EVER! He
screamed through his tears into the frosty night, a howl of greif, regret,
sorrow....
"Mamoru-sama," she gripped his arm hesitantly, would he struggle and
beg not
to leave her side?
"It's okay, Makoto, I'll be..... fine. Just... just let me have a
few more
moments with my precious one..." the sentence faded away as if he was deep
in
thought, so Jupiter didn't bother him.... it was bad enough the way things
are
sometimes...
"Jupiter!" It was the others... they were in battle, so had Tuxedo
Kamen and
Jupiter, but when the death wings had spread over the little one, they had
stopped fighting for the time. "Jupiter, come on, we need a little electric
boost!"
She smiled a tight forced smile while wiping a stray tear from her
eye; "Sure
thing, guys."
Then she too left Tuxedo Kamen and disappeared into the mists of the
battle
to be of aide to the others.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" The electric burst zapped across the sky
and struck
the creature in it's forehead, leaving a small, charred hole in the soft,
yellow skin. The monster immediatley began falling.
"All right, Sailorjupiter!" The others cheered and Mars sent out
her Fire
Bird. The monster then fell to the ground where it promptly popped into a
large puddle of goo, the sound going 'plop'. A lone eyeball fell astray
from
the puddle and Venus squished it with a sickening squish of triumph.
"Jupiter, what happened? Is she okay?" Now that their fight was
finished,
they crowded around her in curiousity, needing to know what had happened....
"You guys..." Sailorjupiter held back a tear, "She's dead."
They gave a small gasp and turned to where Tuxedo Kamen and the
little one
had laid. Emptiness greeted them, they were gone. You couldn't even tell
that they had once kneeled and died over there except for a stray spring of
pink hair and their imprints in the dirt.
"Leave them be," Sailorjupiter cautioned, "he has to tell Usagi in
his own
way..."
The others nodded, tears in their eyes; the little pink bunny was
gone. No
more ChibiUsa running up to greet them after school, no one for Usagi to
fight
with any more over Rei's comics.... no more.
"But why..." Sailorvenus grasped Mars's arm, "why couldn't Pluto do
that
little..... twirly thingy with her key and make it not happen?"
Mercury, looking up, snapped off her visor, "I've concluded that the
layer of
time had become corroded out from Pluto economizing our durations time after
time.... the layer is too diluted, it could buffet if someone was to
endeavor
to activate it afresh."
Dumbfounded, they all stared blank eyed, "Which means?" Sailorvenus
asked.
"We would all die, even ChibiUsa, if Pluto tries to save one of us
again, the
universe might collapse. We've worn it too thin..."
Silence settled around them like a thick, winter blanket. But it
wasn't a
comfortable silence that one comes to love at times; it was an uneasy
silence,
full of eerie and remorse. No one spoke as they stared out onto the
horizon.
"That's pretty harsh," Sailorvenus stated.
There was no more conversation as they bid their bunny a last
farewell.
'may you be safe where ever you are chibiusa'